dewd2 wrote: »

pondee629 wrote: »

Just received an e mail that my planned Woolworth double for Labor Day, Sept 7, has been cancelled. That was my best hope for a trial race before the Marathon. With that gone, I'm wondering if the Marathon in October will stay.

Steamtown just got scrapped so I'm not hopeful. I'm taking a different approach for my training for Richmond. I'm going to assume it is on until they say it isn't but I'm not going to rain specifically for it. I'll still get enough miles to run it when (if) it happens. I'll focus on going fast in the Spring...

You should know weeks out if it gets canceled so you won't have to do the longest of the long runs but if you keep the base you built you'll be ready to really go for it in the Spring.

Good luck.

Planning on sticking with Higdon's Novice Marathon Training Program until I hear. And if I don't hear, I'll have stuck to the training plan. Never have I gone over 13.1 miles, so...

Week 14/2; 4 runs; 3.5, 3.5, 3.5 and the long run of 7 miles for a total of 17.5. Though it sometimes feels like I'm hardly moving, I am trying to keep my heart rate in the easy/aerobic zones (2&3) with varing degrees of success. I don't know why I feel better in zone 4, about 140-150 bpm, but just can't keep that up. So, I'm trying. 16 weeks to the race. Hope sprongs eternal.

And, later, after a 4 mile run, while taking a glass out of the dishwasher, I hurt my back. Seems like I pulled muscles and didn't do anything more serious. But, I'll be taking it easy for several days.

Week end update: 4 runs ( 5, 3, 3.5 and 7.16) total of 18.70. That back mishap has me behind my program, the long run should have been 10 miles. Perhaps once the extra exercises, core and leg, kick in I'll stop feeling like I'm regressing. October is still on,as in we haven't been told it's cancelled. Caught between doing what I can and feeling that it won't be enough.

dewd2 wrote: »

You're still in good shape. Don't try to make it up or do more than the plan even if you stay slightly behind for a couple weeks. Building up to these long runs isn't easy and your body can only handle so much. Luckily there's still plenty of time and most plans have redundant runs in them (you'll have more chances to run that distance before it gets really long).

Keep at it. The runs in the heat of summer will help when the temps drop in October.

Thanks, it is surprising how easy it is to get down on yourself.

So, news not withstanding, July was a slow month, what with getting hurt, my back, and extreme heat, 9 runs for 40 miles. Now on to increased base building for my first marathon in 2021

So, started back up after taking too much time off after the marathon was postponed. Last week was spend on my brothers sail boat sailing the Chesapeake Bay. Yesterday 3.11 miles. I'm now 1.8% into my virtual race from the G.W. Bridge to Cape May NJ, 162 of 170 placement in "Palisades Park". It's a start.

And thus ends November. 13 days on the road, 59.91 (let's call it 60) miles covered. Succeeded at the 50 miles in November challenge. Starting to get my average mile split to under 12 minutes. YTD miles= 423.27 taking January, February and September off. Starting to get cold, we'll see how things progress through he winter and how well that cold weather gear I bought works. Keep moving folks. ;-) Currently 140 miles to my 175 to Cape May (there are some off day walks in that total that do not show up in the 60 mile total stated above.) 35 miles to go and 25 days to do it.